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Hours for the taking Citing overhead costs, low student usage, UW senate poised to vote down relief exam sittings Maggie Clark editor-in-chief

tudents will no longer have guaranteed access to a “relief hour” between backto-back exams as of Winter 2008, if the UW senate accepts a motion on Monday, September 15 to remove two guiding principles from its examination regulations. “Given the low take-up rate, it is hard to justify the overhead required to administer this process,” registrar Ken Lavigne stated in the motion he forwarded this past June to the Student Undergraduate Council (SUGC). Lavigne’s take-up statistics note that 7.36 per cent (83 of 1128 eligible students) ultimately wrote relief exams in Winter 2008. Lavigne’s three-year statistics hold a record high of 13.51 per cent in Winter 2006, and a low of 6.79 in Fall 2006. However, science councillor Sam Andry and Feds President Justin Williams noted how confusing these arguments appear from the student end. “The reasons forwarded in the motion seem to run counter to one another,” said Andry. “Surely the overhead costs first cited as a reason for eliminating this process would be even higher if more students

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The Warriors football team delivered the season’s first victory — and for the first time ever, they didn’t have to leave campus to do it. Instead, UW’s Saturday, September 6 game win over McMaster’s Marauders took place in our brand new football field on North Campus, giving Waterloo a perfect home games winning streak. See page 32 for more details. made use of the service.” Andry added that while the reluctance of many faculty members to accomodate the existing regulations was a factor in the motion, the alternative threatens student equality. “The whole point of exams is to provide a fair assessment of any one student’s comprehension of the course material, as compared to that

“The whole point of exams is to provide a fair assessment of any one student’s comprehension of the course material. The existing regulations ensure equality for our students in a way their absence never could.” —Sam Andry, Science Councillor

of his peers. For this testing model to be accurate, we have to ensure no students get an unfair advantage. But realistically speaking, if this motion passes some students are going to have unfairly heavy exam loads, while others won’t. And some professors are still going to make accommodations of their own, while again, others won’t. So really, the existing regulations ensure equality for our students in a way their absence never could.” An imperfect process

Williams agrees. “The argument I hate the most is that of ‘the real world.’ Some faculty members believe students should just tough out difficult exam situations, saying that it’s good practice for the working world to come. But where in the ‘real world’ are you going to encounter circumstances like exam season? There’s just no meaninful comparison

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from the Office of the Registrar soon after exam schedules are set, informing them of their legibility. The relief hour is then held at “relief examination location.” In his motion to remove the service, Lavigne also cites student reluctance to test in an area with “no one associated with the course” immediately available. Williams, however, would like to see more effort put into marketing the service. “Every student I’ve talked to about this is strongly against the removal of this service, even if they’d never heard of it before. I think a lot of students, now that they know about it, will definitely consider using it if their exams are too tightly packed this term.” This marketing is precisely Feds’ next move, whatever the outcome of Monday’s vote. See HOURS, page 5

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The UW frosh week frenzy 5,500 first year students and over 1,000 orientation leaders converge upon Waterloo for orientation festivities— the traditional Monte Carlo Night, Toga Party, and Single and Sexy as well as new events Sandwiched in between these mega-hit campus wide events were some of the super fun faculty events: engineers looking a bit blue s a new fall term kicks into high gear, (or rather purple), science students getting there is no doubt that feelings of ex- “lei’d,” and math students making catapults. citement and fear flood through the The 20th anniversary of Single and Sexy was veins of just over 5,500 first year students. a great success again this year with viewing The dazzled faces as they look at their time slots available according to faculty. One faculty event that was a major hit was class schedule; the bright smiles when they figure out what they are doing or see someone Under the Sea which took place in the SLC. in the crowd of thousands they recognize, It was composed of many mini-games and and, of course, the oddly-shaped burns on activities that were a bit out of the ordinary: their body — evidence of black-and-gold day orientation leaders at foam parties, tossing paint. Even for upper-year students returning foam into the air with cafeteria trays, human to the university this term, the energy can be foosball and sumo-wrestling. Under the Sea quite contagious. “The first-years bring lots was open to the faculties of math, engineerof positive energy and [exciting, new ideas for ing, and arts. When talking to some of the first-years the world] they are about to enter,” said Neil Duchen, a mathematics orientation leader. It about what could be changed to make orienis no wonder that around 1,000 upper-year tation better in the years to come, there was students volunteered as leaders for this year’s some discussion about Variety Night. It was composed of 17 mini-events that lasted until Orientation Week. The Week was equally divided into faculty 9:15, and six main events that started at 9:30. and residence events. For those 3,500 first- Many mentioned it would have been nice to year students living in university residences, have expanded Variety Night over two nights the week was action-packed and full of sleep- if possible. There were many events that students wanted to try, but failed to because less nights. For the majority of first-years living on there were only two time slots, and the main campus, the festivities started on the Village events, like the comedy show and hypnotist, 1 Green with what could only be called a filled up quickly. Another main event that massive meet-and-greet known as Playfair. night was Fed Hall’s Dance, but overall Some new ice breakers that most certainly consensus was that “the DJ sucked.” Not everything was fun and games. Bewere not present in previous years included “laying a big wet one” on a person of your hind the scenes, the Federation Orientation choice. That’s right, kisses (and hugs) to Committee members worked hard for eight people you’ve just met — how about that months to make Orientation Week possible. Despite their best efforts, there was room for an ice breaker? If you missed your chance to meet that for improvement. When asked about chalsomeone special at Playfair, Monte Carlo lenges this year during Orientation Week, and Toga Party provided some additional Ryan Persram, a residence orientation leader, opportunities. Monte Carlo was exception- stated that with only about 130 residence ally well organized this year with additions volunteers it’s hard to meet the needs of like Salsa dancing sessions, live music at the nearly 4,000 first-years moving into residence. Bomber, a professional caricature artist, and, Although the residence orientation leaders of course, a candle-lit patio accompanied by pulled through rather well this year, Persram hopes to see more volunteers in the years to classical melodies from a pianist. Chaoran Wang, one of approximately 50 come, and guarantees an amazing time for students in the computing and financial man- the future leaders. A decade ago, the University of Waterloo agement Program, said that Monte Carlo night was “exciting because it put me in a position accepted 1,000 less students than it did this where I could meet people in an activity that year. With trends like this, it is important to make sure that Orientation Week can continue was not focused on my program.” Toga Party, as always, was the cherry on to run smoothly and maintain its impact on the mountain high sundae. Who could resist a students. Orientation week is a key element in breaknight of partying under the stars? It left first years screaming the almost instinctual “toga, ing new students into the university lifestyle. “[This] week helped me meet people, espetoga.” chant long after Saturday night. It is most certainly the one event that cially since I come from a small community stands out in everyone’s mind for their first and don’t get the opportunity to experience year. However, the one downfall as described the diversity that Waterloo has [to offer],” by Justin Lok, a first year mathematics stu- Blake Martin, a first-year mathematics student, and his friends was the fact that other dent, mentioned when reminiscing about dance parties earlier in the week, such as Orientation week. Here’s to a great orientaMonte Carlo and Variety Night, left the Toga tion this year, and to bigger and better ones dance a little less than special. Regardless, Lok to come in the future. thought “it was great partying with hundreds of others.” jserec@imprint.uwterloo.ca Jennifer Serec staff reporter

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Hours: Few remaining before senate votes on relief exams Continued from cover

“We’re going to promote the hell out of this service for Fall 2008,” said Andry. “And that in itself should hopefully let senate see how important the service is. Though of course by then it might not be realistic to expect them to return the regulation to its exact original description.” To this end, Williams said that Feds was especially pushing for an amendment to the motion, a compromise if the piece would not be taken entirely off the table. “The most important of these protections is definitely the hour between back-to-back same-day exams. That’s the one we’re going to fight hardest for, though of course ideally we don’t want to see either aspect of the service dropped.” Students and senate

But while Williams finds it difficult to discern the ultimate motivating factors for this motion — the reluctance of some faculty to hand over their exams to the registrar was also mentioned as a possible concern, though many faculty are equally supportive of the student process — the Feds president is also

convinced this motion never should have made it to senate at all: “The motion carried 10-6-2 in June’s senate undergraduate council meeting. None of our four student representatives, whose votes would have brought this number to a tie, were in attendance,” said Williams. “What troubles us is that this motion faced opposition from all the other undergraduate members of the SUGC, so while we are absolutely concerned with the question of ‘Where were all our student reps to begin with?’ we also have to ask, why didn’t they choose to defer the vote pending consultation with their student members?” In questioning the attendance record of student representatives, Williams is quick to accept responsibility for the absence of one new student representative, whose faculty forwarded the name themselves to the registrar, which was expecting the information to pass through Williams instead. “It was a rookie mistake,” said Williams. “I should have followed up to make sure he’d [this representative] been added to the list.” Another student representative is presently on co-op in BC, exacerbat-

ing the question of how students can be expected to fully represent their constituents under the senate’s present framework. “Some of these programs — engineering, for one — have mandatory co-op terms,” Andry explained, “so their representatives are automatically disenfranchised.” Andry added that the presentation of issues directly impacting the student body should ideally not be held during the summer months, when students and student representatives are in short supply on campus. “We were lucky this time,” said Andry. “If the senate hadn’t cancelled its June meeting, this might have been approved in a matter of weeks. At least, in this case, we have the opportunity to make ourselves heard.” Other campus leaders, like arts society president Allan Babor, are also working to rally student support for the Monday meeting, citing the utmost importance of these services’ continued accessibility: “Although some of these processes may be difficult, tedious, and at times underused by students, it is the administration’s job to serve the student body.” editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Students interested in expressing their views on the UW senate motion to alter relief examination regulations are encouraged to meet outside the Federation of Students’ office in the SLC at 4 p.m. on Monday, September 15.

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Regional council bans bottled water Paul Parkman staff reporter

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fter a 13-0 vote (with four absent members), this region’s council chose to start strongly endorseing tap water in the region by restricting the sale of bottled water at regional facilities including cafeterias, vending machines, council meetings, training sessions, and — when reasonably possible — regional events. The restriction only applies to the sale of bottled water, and does not prevent council or staff from bringing bottled water to regional facilities or functions. The Region of Waterloo council voted unanimously on Tuesday, September 9 to restrict the sale of bottled water in regional facilities, following in the footsteps of several communities across Canada, including the Waterloo District School Board, who voted in April to ban the sale of bottled water in Waterloo Regional public schools by Fall 2009. Ken Seiling, chair for the Region of Waterloo noted that the Council’s decision is “not meant to remove people’s right to choose in the market,” but is simply meant to encourage the consumption of tap water and align the city with the environmental goals of the Region of Waterloo. “We want to explore public education on tap water,” explained Seiling. “Our region’s water quality is excellent and very clean, and we want to encourage people to drink our tap water whenever possible.” Seiling also suggested that a push towards tap water over bottled water would have very positive environmental results, reducing waste in landfills caused by single-use plastic bottles. While understanding that in some areas people deal with heavily chlorinated or otherwise dirty water, Seiling commented that often the sale of bottled water seems unnecessary, noting that he and other council members were left wondering, “Why are bottled water sales so high?” In a report released by the Region of Waterloo Transportation and Environmental Services, it shows that bottled water is regulated only as a food product, and consequently, is not required to meet

the same water quality or test results set forth by the Region of Waterloo for tap water. The same report says that “the sale... of bottled water at regional facilities or functions is not consistent with the corporate strategy, which states that the Region of Waterloo will ‘embrace environmental considerations in all of its decisions...’ In a letter attached to the report, Nestlé President Gail Cosman addressed her concern for the possible ban, commenting on her company’s distribution of a healthier, inexpensive beverage option to the public and proposing a more stringent recycling program to be implemented into our education system and public spaces. Nestlé product information also states that for every one litre of water produced by Nestlé Waters Canada, only 1.5 litres of water is required, including water used by production equipment. In July 2007, a Statistics Canada Survey found that almost three in 10 households choose bottled water over tap water, showing the highest rate of bottled water consumption to be found in the Kitchener-Waterloo area at a staggering 46 per cent (compared to the St. Catharines-Niagara region, second in consumption, at 41 per cent. Statistics Canada released another report this summer, concluding that university-educated households are less likely to drink bottled water (25 per cent), compared to the average in 2007, suggesting the possibility that “university graduates are more aware of the environmental issues surrounding bottled water [and] may also be more skeptical of the claims that bottled water is a healthier choice than tap water.” The University of Waterloo Food Services currently stocks bottled water at all their locations, including Mudie’s (the Village 1 Cafeteria) and Brubakers, and promotes healthy food choices and nutritional information on their website. However, it remains to be seen how the region’s decision and the ban of bottled water sales by the Waterloo District School Board will affect or possibly influence Food Services’ decision to sell bottled water on campus. pparkman@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Scientists attempt to recreate big bang, bush recalls troops from iraq, and nk leader MIA Yang Liu news editor

Geneva, Switzerland Physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) centre, which straddles the Franco-Swiss border, will attempt to recreate the Big Bang in order to investigate the origins of the universe. Using the recently completed Large Haldron Collider (LHC), which cost about 9 million USD to build scientists hope to be able to eventually produce tiny collisions that will recreate the heat and energy of the Big Bang. Scientists look to investigate concepts such as dark matter, dark energy, extra-dimnesions and the holy grail of theoretical physics, “Higgs Boson.” For now, the LHC will undertake the much simpler task of pumping a single particle beam around its underground collider, some 27 km in circumference. CERN scientists have brushed aside concerns from outside critics who suggest the experiments could create mini-black holes of immense gravity which could destroy the entire planet. In an interview with BBC News, General director Robert Aymar declared, “the LHC is safe, and any suggestion that it might present a risk is pure fiction.”Officials say there is no guarantee of success in the near future or that they will find the famed “Higgs-Boson”. —With Files from BBC news, Reuters

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U.S. President and Mommander-in-Chief George W, Bush announced that 8,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by February of next year with 4,500 of those troops being diverted to Afghanistan. Bush cited reduced levels of violence in Iraq as the reason for allowing a “quiet surge” of troops into Afghanistan. Currently there are 146,000 American troops stationed in Iraq and 33,000 in Afghanistan. While coalition deaths in Iraq have fallen dramatically in 2008, the death toll in Afghanistan has risen steadily each year since 2003. Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama criticized Bush’s plan in response: “In the absence of a timetable to remove our combat brigades, we will continue to give Iraq’s leaders a blank check instead of pressing them to reconcile their differences.” According to CNN International, Obama said he was glad the president planned to send more troops to Afghanistan, but said “his plan comes up short — it is not enough troops, and not enough resources, with not enough urgency.” Aid agencies say Afghanistan has reached its worst level of violence since 2001, when the Taliban government was overthrown by U.S.-led forces. In July of this year alone, there were more than 260 civilian deaths.

The absence of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-II from a recent parade celebrating the country’s 60th anniversary has prompted wide-spread speculation that the leader of the reclusive nation is gravely ill. The state controlled media was silent about Kim’s absence from the parade; “Dear Leader” as he’s known by North Korean populace hasn’t been seen in public since mid-August. “There is reason to believe Kim Jong II has suffered a serious health setback, possibly a stroke,” a Western intelligence official said to the Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity due to describing sensitive intelligence. Kim’s health could have potentially serious consequences on the six-nation talks aimed at disarming North Korea’s nuclear program. It is believed by U.S. intelligence officials that although the North Korean military opposed the disarmament, Kim Jong-II paved the way for talks by favouring moderates in his foreign ministry. If rumours of a stroke are true, it could represent a serious setback for disarmament talks. Kim Jong-II has not laid out a clear plan of succession, and there maybe an internal struggle for control of North Korea between Kim’s family and the hardline military leadership.

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had to laugh the other day while reading a Wilfrid Laurier University press release. “Laurier professors monitor federal election via interactive website,” it said, with the intent “to analyse the upcoming federal campaign and to provide insight and clarity on campaign developments.” Oh, you mean they’ve started a blog. Certainly, WLU is offering a useful service (at www.wlu.ca/lispop/fedblog) for anyone who wants to keep track of riding breakdowns, or read academic discussion about the upcoming election, but there’s something frightfully amusing about framing such developments as cutting-edge uses of the internet. Once my chuckles had subsided, though, the reasons for such rhetoric also bore consideration: In an age of waning legitimacy for traditional public authorities, media groups, government analysts, university academics, and think tanks all need to work harder to distinguish themselves from the multitude of self-proclaimed analysts that blog culture provides. Of course, the industry-saving question (for journalism especially) is: “How?” Oddly enough, one possible solution appeared to me in the midst of a conversation about music. Albeit for different reasons, computer technology has had a crippling effect on CD sales similar to that which we’ve seen affect daily newspapers. With the former, the ease and accessibility of downloading digital recordings detracts from the appeal of spending $15 on a small disc (that has a variable lifetime even when well cared for) in a cheap case, which you’re only going to upload to play on your computer or iPod anyway. And while online, track-by-track sales have buffered the loss of revenue to some labels and musicians, friends in the independent label business confirm that reduced CD sales are still driving local stores to bankruptcy and making small companies invariably less able to compete for narrowing market shares. As a journalist, this story sounds all too familiar. With big name papers all across North America slashing their newsrooms, buyouts by corporate giants quashing content diversity, and even bastions like The New York Times, which has thoroughly thrown itself into the age of online journalism, operating on the brink of collapse, planning a future in this field can be a daunting task. (And I’m a writer who once rationalized that since poetry won’t pay, journalism’s the way to go. Now I can’t be so sure!) But there is hope, and yes, it lies in reinventing the wheel. Would you believe that vinyl records

are making a comeback? If not, haul yourself over to music stores like Sunrise Records and HMV, where turntables are on prominent display and the CD inventory is gradually being format-shifted to boost falling sales. A great deal of the press associated with this transition regards the shift to vinyl as a fad, heavy on the feeling that this is just “the thing” that’s in this season — but Wired Magazine’s speculation that this move could be the “final nail in CD’s coffin” still seems more on point. This might be because the vinyl solution is staggeringly elegant in its humanity: In an era overwhelmed by mass marketing and its underlying push for universal accessibility, LP records just shouldn’t cut it, but the appeal of a more direct, intimate, and heightened musical experience is nonetheless manifesting in a culture that’s treated personal music as background noise — at work, at the gym, in the mall, while studying — for almost thirty years, longer than most students here have even been alive. In essence, there’s a purity to this musical medium: the tactile engagement demanded of the listener, the more nuanced quality of analog sound, the imposed structure (and with it, extended artist’s influence) of double-sided records, and the stronger presence of cover art in each listening experience — all these converge to provide a clearer, more compelling case for why music should command a great deal of our time and respect, and with both, better profit margins for its creators and distributors. Print media could stand to learn a thing or two from the music industry here — though I fear it could still be some time before the lesson of vinyl records really hits home. Specifically, just as music has now become ubiquitous to the point of losing its immediate impact (unless you’re Ellen DeGeneres, possibly the only person in North America I could believe dances to all the music she hears on a daily basis), so too have we been overwhelmed by so much in the way of media coverage — basic news and in-depth analysis alike — that we might be forgiven for regarding the journalistic equivalent of “muzak” in the same, broad light as well-researched, thought-provoking articles. The internet can’t be blamed, however, for the whole of print journalism’s burgeoning indistinction in recent decades. Long before the industry found itself in a job-cutting scramble to stabilize corporate profit margins, the old-school, private ownership model of North American print media made a damning set of compromises to attain those margins in the first place: Quite simply, they sold out.

Coming from a newspaper that itself requires considerable ad revenue to stay afloat, it might be laughable to criticize the push in the 1970s and early 1980s toward newspaper models that sought to attract advertisers above and beyond actual readers — but criticize it I will. There is, after all, a huge difference between a journalistic model in which editorial staff respect the role of advertisors in making their industry possible, and one in which the editorial side normalizes blatantly commercial content, like “Home,” “Fashion,” and “Auto” sections, in order to bring in more ad revenue, period. Is it any wonder that today’s newspapers, so steeped in info-tainment that no newspaper cover can avoid boasting frivolous off-sets to the edition’s harder stories, have lost the trust of their readers? Now, though, the advertisers so frantically appealed to for four decades are steadily moving online, and journalism finds itself nearer to confronting questions the music industry has already asked of its own: Where is the elegance, the humanity, in our pursuit of good journalism? Where is its essential purity? And how can journalists renew their case for the respect of critical readers? A viable answer already exists: Returning to a more pared down, essentialist model of news-telling, similar to the newspapers of the 1960s and early ’70s. Sound as boring as using vinyl might seem laborious? Just remember how much our culture’s films glamourize old-school journalism — that hard-hitting “just-the-facts” ethic imposed with nary an advertising presence in sight on the ground floor. Just think: Big, serious headlines heralding the day’s top stories! No horrendous advertising gimmick obscuring half of the cover, or guiding content on the inside! Folks, I get giddy just thinking about it: if news media stands any chance of surviving this transition, and regaining some much-needed public credibility to boot, rest assured that the face of new new media is going to look a lot like something from our not-so-distant past. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Long before the industry found itself in a job-cutting scramble, the private ownership model of North American print media made a damning set of compromises: Quite simply, they sold out. Nikoo Shahabi

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Letters Re: Gym Hours I recently found out the new gym hours for the PAC, and am disgusted by them. I can’t believe the university is regulating the hours within the day during which students can work out. This is especially true with the three hour time slot on weekends – I have a job on weekends, so now I can’t work out on Saturdays and Sundays. It seems to me that UW loves to shaft athletics and is now shafting fitness. Why should I have to wait for a trainer, all of which are smaller and are in nowhere as good shape as I am, to work out. This concept is pathetic and is an embarrassment to all who work out. Now, I know some may say go and exercise at the CIF, except there isn’t a barbell in that gym, and the heaviest free weight is a 50lb dumbbell. In all, the school and athletics board here should be ashamed of themselves. It’s bad enough people have spent the last years working out in a small cramped gym, which had no ventilation on weekends. If someone were to lift up the flooring, the gym would surely be closed down due to health risk with the mold that is under those mats. But to take away when people can work out is ridiculous and needs to be fixed quickly! — TJ, year 5 History

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emember Adbusters? The glossy magazine that predicted doom and gloom for our capitalist, consumerist wasteland of a society every month without fail? You might now, as August’s issue of Adbusters has currently gone mainstream (the horror!) thanks to a hyperbolic cover story modestly titled “Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization.” Guest sycophant Douglas Haddow channels the past few years’ worth of anti-hipster bile into this opus, creating a major talking point for hipsters and everyone with a hint of an opinion about them. For the first time, people seem to be sticking up for them — and hipsters seem to be sticking up for themselves. Haddow’s jump-off point is a hipster party he braves in Vancouver’s Hastings neighbourhood, where he collects observations and quotes to spin into dubious observations. At one point, a girl talks to him “with a hint of malice in her eyes.” One of his main points in the story is that a defining element of hipsterdom is a dishonest sense of self-denial, the refusal to identify oneself as a hipster. At one point he asks a hipster girl directly “Are you a hipster?” and she replies “Fuck no.” If you know hipsters, you’ve probably had this experience too; I certainly have. This is Haddow’s strongest point, as, at least before the article’s publication, it was generally true.

The article seems to have had a pretty jarring effect on hipster identity. While those who actively identify with hipsterdom still fall into a definite minority, many who could easily be called hipsters are now defending them. Haddow’s calling-out of hipsters’ self-denial seems to have been a wake-up call for those who either refused to admit their hipsterdom, or just complained about them. Canadian indie/hipster message board Stillepost.ca is peppered with critiques of Haddow’s story ranging from angry to academic — critiques which contrast heavily with the typical Stillepost disdain for the neon-clad hipster legions at Toronto clubs like cirCa and The Social. In Vancouver, the girls who held the infamous party decided to title and theme their next party “Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization” and make Haddow the guest of honour. He didn’t attend. Even hipsters as luminous as Vice magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes are chiming in on the story. McInnes delivers a sharp rebuttal in his blog, laced with the delightful don’t-give-a-fuck attitude that made Vice a big deal. Aside from calling Haddow a “chubby blogger who can’t get laid” a few times, he makes the point that the horrifying hipster infestation is just kids having fun; if they’re acting a bit silly, well, that’s kind of the point. Essentially, he writes Haddow off as a bitter old man getting his panties in a knot about kids these days.

McInnes’ point isn’t of too much concern here. It’s the fact that he’d bother to respond at all. Adbusters has printed a lot of provocative and poorly argued rants in the past – if McInnes had an issue with Adbusters and its readership, there would be a lot more stinky hippies with political slogan T-shirts in the infamous DON’Ts. (They occasionally land in the DOs these days. Huh?) By responding, McInnes has acknowledged that Adbusters is calling out his readership, and that his readership is indeed — gasp — hipsters! This may not seem like much, but it’s one of the few times Vice mentions hipsters without making some aside about their dumb keffiyehs. While McInnes doesn’t exactly rush to their defence, he does somewhat passively tell Haddow to leave them alone. This tiny phenomenon of Adbusters #79 is notable, but not because someone delivered a particularly vicious critique of hipsterdom (although it was indeed vicious). People deliver vicious critiques of hipsterdom all the time. It is notable because it marks the first time that hipsters have responded to a vicious critique en masse. We aren’t exactly going through the Hipster Pride era yet, but the loud response to Haddow’s ranting sounds a lot like the death knell of the self-loathing hipster. Could it be? Is self-denial finally out? -Andrew Kai-Yin MacKenzie

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As far as practicality goes, even the U.S. government has not adopted any fuel tax holidays, likely wise to the fact that prices would rise to make up the difference anyways. If taxes on things we want less of are a bad thing, why is it that the Conservatives are not campaigning to get rid of taxes on tobacco? Why, instead, do they campaign on fear, saying that Dion would get rid of the GST reductions and the Canada Child Tax Benefit, despite Dion being adamant that he would not? Why did the Conservative Party initially threaten to boycott the October leader debates, saying that Dion and Green Party leader Elizabeth May agreeing to not run candidates in each others’ ridings was a bad thing, despite the fact that the Conservatives have chosen not to run any candidate in as crucial a battleground as Montreal, where its Independent MP, André Arthur, has been backing the Conservatives on nearly all Parliamentary votes? I start to see the Conservative Party as a walking contradiction, speaking out both sides of its face. Did Mr. Harper not stress accountability as the major issue during the last election? As the CBC quotes Newfoundland and Labrador’s Conservative Premier Danny Williams, “When we vote, I would rather that we stand on the solid ground of principles than on the shaky ground of broken promises. If you believe the country deserves better, you know what to do. It is as easy as ABC.” It’s high time, I say, to finally hold this childish government accountable. adodds@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

o, a few days ago I was watching Pitch Black with a good friend of mine, another religious studies student whom we’ll call Monk. Monk and I are both dorky, as we’re about to analyze a science fiction movie and earlier were trying to remember what colour Romulans bleed (blue?). So about halfway through the movie, Monk makes the comment asking how do the pilgrims in the movie know which direction to pray to Mecca if they’re on another planet? So I stopped, and thought about this and realized that Muslims can’t be astronauts. In Islam, it is asked of you to pray five times a day and towards Mecca, their holiest city. The question is, if you’re in space or another planet, how do you know which way Mecca is? I asked this question of many, many people. Physics students told me that you would draw a circle and calculate arches to discover the quickest route between you and Mecca and pray in that direction. One student told me that I should build myself a platform that moves in the direction of Mecca so I would always be aligned with it. My personal favourite is from a somewhat inebriated friend of mine saying that if you held the concept of everything Mecca stands for in your mind, then God didn’t mind which direction you prayed. I think you can probably tell he’s an Arts student. So, I started thinking about Islam after all this. Ramadan started about

Opinion Why Muslims can’t be astronauts a week ago and I always had massive respect for those partaking in it. I unfortunately know so little about the faith (though, granted, I say that about all faiths and I probably know a fair bit), and most of my knowledge comes from Little Mosque on the Prairie (best show ever). How on earth would you do Ramadan in space? You wouldn’t know when the sun rose or set and astronauts are pretty much hooked up to water. Monk later had a conversation with a friend about his Bahai background and realized they also cannot go into space as they have to direct their prayers to Israel. It occurred to me about then that most religions have one good reason or another why they can’t go into space. Except Christianity, which my Jewish friend joked is a conspiracy, but I’ll figure out a reason they’re stuck here too. My pomo-ness made me think though. Maybe we’re meant to be earthbound? Maybe it’s our desire to go forth that’s pushed our planet to its brink at times? That’s why I liked my friend’s drunken response. Everyone had to come up with a solution to solve the problem, mathematically base it, and calculate things I don’t even understand. But it’s kinda true, with all faiths. If you kept the knowledge in your mind,

just that belief and the beauty that comes with it, maybe we’d be safe on Earth, nevermind on Mars. If we all started just keeping in mind our faith, we’d make better decisions and the world would be a generally nicer place. It’s cheesy, but if we’d all ask ourselves WTFWJD, we wouldn’t have half the problems we have in the world. The guy

had a point. And I approve he went barefoot a lot. So Muslims can’t be astronauts, but they can make some of the best human beings on Earth. nhutton@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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eaders, over the past year and duration of this column you have shared a great time with me. From your responses you’ve let me know that I’ve been sharing a journey with you. There is nothing I would love more than to talk to you on these pages every week for the rest of my degree, but just like how every gal needs to know the importance of a fashionably late entrance, leaving before you outstay your welcome is equally key to leaving a mysterious, lasting, and fabulous impression. As my journey comes to a close, I know for many of you wide-eyed froshies things are just beginning, which is why before I leave I’ve decided to address some of the biggest concerns and issues brought to my attention through feedback I’ve gotten from readers. Although at first I wanted to revisit and explore all the most important topics related to gay student life in a will-it-ever-end, Cher-style farewell tour, I’m capping off my ride with one final earnest and serious look at your starting point as a homosexual. Where does gayness come from? Well if I knew that I would have a best-selling book and a reserved spot on Oprah’s couch. As of right now, for those who have just moved into the student ghetto from their previous home under a rock, the two leading theories are the scientific approach (the ever elusive gay gene or the possibility of pre-natal hormones affecting the neurological development of the unborn gay) and the psychological approach (including the classic Freudian overbearing-mother/distant-father combo as well as newer theories involving

arrested psycho-sexual development or exposure to manic depressive / depressive tendencies in early caregivers) of which, arguably, no real theory has emerged as truly dominant or provable. If you’re just coming to terms with your own sexuality now, or are a freaky southern preacher, this might be pretty thought-consuming for you. Relax, you’ll get over it — well, maybe not if you are that southern preacher. If you were to ask some more seasoned queers what they think the cause of their LGBT-BBQ sexual identity is, you will more than likely get back the answer that they don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it. How, you think, can anyone not care to further understand their situation? Well, while you’ve been fretting over whether your father’s frosty relationship outweighs your gay Uncle Barry’s gene pool, those who realised earlier on than you that they’re queer have stopped caring because, first and foremost, there is a whole heck of a lot more to life than worrying about things you can’t change. Being gay doesn’t prevent you from enjoying ice cream, laughing at funny movies, or finding someone you love, so who cares why you love chocolate instead of vanilla, find lame-ass movies hilarious, or like boys instead of girls? When it comes to scholars and scientists trying to crack the origin of homosexuality there is also a lot of indifference and negative reaction from gays — the reason being that when it comes to science and psychology there is only a small jump between cause and cure. A “cure” might not sound too bad to you right now, though. As

someone just coming to terms with their homosexuality or someone still struggling with their sexual identity, the idea of a “fix” for your dilemma might seem appealing — well, snap out of it. Let me be the first, but don’t let me be the last, to tell you that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being gay. The reason queers everywhere are telling researchers in the field of homosexuality to shove that graduated cylinder up their ass is because, unlike cancer or AIDS, homosexuality is not a disease. If you feel that you have a rough road ahead of you or are currently facing difficult times, remember that although your sexual orientation may be beyond your control, your life, the kind of people you surround yourself with, and how you handle tough situations are all things that are one 100 per cent within your control. The reason that your gay elders don’t care for cause/cure mumbo-jumbo is because they understand what a valuable asset coming to terms with themselves has been in the long run. Whatever you’re coming up against, fighting adversity will make a stronger person out of you, and asserting your rights makes them that much more valuable. Before you can make it to the other side of Avenue Q, you’ve got the biggest milestone in your gay life ahead of you: you’ve got to come out of the closet. To those on the outside (yes, that means you Stephen Harper) the gay fixation on coming out might seem to go a tad overboard at times. Like a first period is often considered the point of passage from girl to woman, coming out isn’t the be all and end all, but more importantly a tangible victory for your development

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and growth as a gay human being. To those never faced with a situation like opening up about your sexuality, there is very little to compare it to. Basically you are taking the long and tenuous public development of a sexual identity that straight people do over the entire course of their puberty and compressing it into one sentence. Tensions and emotions are high leading up to the event. You might wonder if it’s really worth the trouble and fallout you’ve rehearsed a million times in your head. Well, there is no law saying you have to come out (although Perez Hilton might disagree) or tell anyone at all how and what you are feeling. You have the option of staying in your tracks, pretending to be something you aren’t, and telling a never-ending stream of casual lies to keep up appearances. You could even take things a step further and start living a lie, dating members of the opposite sex when you know it isn’t right to you. Think of your life like this from this point onward and weigh it against the possibility of negative reaction when you tell the truth. Although coming out is a personal decision, the reason people recommend doing it is to preserve your own emotional well-being. While you may envision of the worst-case scenario, people often forget that when they tell the people they care about the truth they’re also opening themselves up to the possibilities of acceptance, understanding, and changing attitudes. When you stay in the closet you stall your development as a human being — you yourself are living in a different world than those around you. Your interpersonal relationships with everyone are skewed. You create a persona — a fictional version of yourself to live inside. Every interaction is with the outside you, the fake you, and the real you is trapped in a place that can’t be reached by anyone around you. That can be a very lonely place. There are a thousand different ways to tell those you care about what

you are feeling. You should start with people you’d expect positive or at very least neutral reactions from and build your confidence based on those experiences. If at least one person in your life can accept you for who you are, then you know what? Maybe more can. Sit your parents down in the living room and explain to them how you are feeling. If intimate conversations aren’t your thing, tell someone at the end of a period of finite time or write it in an email, instant message, or letter. You don’t have to explain every detailed emotion or urge; a simple “I’m gay” will more often than not do the trick. Telling the truth and coming out is like swimming up from the bottom of the pool and breathing in that first gasp of air. Shedding the stress and lies from before is weight off of your shoulders. As all of those worries and anxieties from before slip away, you’ll know you did the right thing. But just like how that first period doesn’t mean a girl has instantly emotionally matured into a woman, coming out of the closet doesn’t instantly make you completely secure and at peace with yourself or with what lies ahead. This is the last big stop you’ll be making for a while, but don’t forget that you’re still moving on ahead. For those readers who tune in every week, this is generally the spot where I tell you that the world is an awful place. Today though, I’m gonna leave you on a good note. Right now you are living in a country where you can be whoever you want to be, you can do whatever you want to do, you can get married, you can stay single, you can find the love of your life, you can fall in love every weekend on the dance floor. You can get engaged, you can get divorced, you can have a baby, you can have 20 babies. Your life is yours to shape, and you can do whatever you want with it. You are awesome. Make me proud, but most importantly, be proud. tmyers@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Victims of sucide remembered at UW with butterlies Chris Miller staff reporter

s part of World Suicide Prevention Day, the Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council held a series of talks as well as a vigil throughout Wednesday in conjunction with the University of Waterloo. The day was part of an increased co-operation between the campus and the group, as well as an expansion of the group’s suicide prevention activities. Monarch butterflies were chosen as the symbols to represent those lost to suicide, as well as its survivors. After individual butterflies were handed out to participants outside the Modern Languages building, a box of monarchs was released into the air to begin their migration to Mexico, where monarchs reproduce before returning north. Johan Reis, a psychiatrist with Health Services at UW, explained that the university has built upon the council’s presence with its own committee designed to foster faculty-student interaction on matters of suicide on campus. “It really sprung up about two to three years ago,” said Reis on the committee. “We recognized things like Virginia Tech [the college massacre] were happening.” The committee now encompasses Associate Deans, the UW chaplaincy, Feds, and representatives from Student Housing. Efforts have been made to acquaint university staff with QPR – Question, Persuade, and Refer – a suicide prevention program pioneered by the QPR Institute. “Half the employees here have been trained in that, to help ensure students are aware and have the resources to deal with it,” said Reis. The day was capped off by a presentation by department of psychology’s Prof. Richard Ennis. Ennis, whose expertise lies in the area of self-esteem and motivation, gave an hour-long talk on their links with suicide and suicideprone individuals. In “Esteem as a Protection Against Depression,”

Ennis outlined the necessities of good mental health. “We like to be right, we like to be successful, we like to be liked,” said Ennis. “But I could rephrase that – we need to be right, we need to be liked.” He stated that the consequences for those unable to fulfill are damaging and can lead to increases in suicidal tendencies. “Even biologically, we pay the price.” Ennis also outlined the three mechanisms by which people guard

their esteem. First is Nancy Cantor’s Buffering Hypothesis, or “don’t put all your esteem eggs in one basket.” Through this mechanism, people suffering from feelings of failure switch between feelings of personal identity and social identity, whichever happens to be stronger. Examples could include a student who has failed an exam relying on friends or family for support. The second mechanism is Self-Serving Bias, whereby people take credit for

successes while distancing themselves from failures. People unable to do to this frequently suffer from “depressive attribution style,” often taking responsibility for failures that are not their fault. Lastly is Excuse-Making, a strategy Ennis feels is not necessarily bad. “It’s a social lubricant,” said Ennis, who believes excuses allow us to deal with our shortcomings. With the loss of these three mechanisms, a person’s esteem can plummet, lead-

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ing to a sharply increased potential for suicide. Signs of low self-esteem are therefore an important indicator of people’s overall situation and should be watched. The Suicide Prevention Council is planning a follow-up in October, featuring a trek around Ring Road with weighed-down backpacks, designed to represent the burden that those facing suicide typically feel, said Reis. cmiller@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

GLOW and Women’s Centre join forces to rectuit volunteers Dinh Nguyen assistant editor in chief

ne of the first volunteer recruitment nights of the term brought together neighbouring Feds services GLOW — the Queer and Questioning Community Centre and the Women’s Centre in a combined “meet and greet” event. PAS lounge 3005 opened its door to an increasing number — compared to last year— of UW and local community members interested in volunteering and learning about both GLOW and the Women’s Centre on September 10. The event began at 8:30 p.m. and had over 60 attendees by the night’s end. Both GLOW community director Paul Cyr and Women’s Centre service co-ordinator Rianne Ranta were pleased with the event turnout. “We usually only get about 20 people for the meet and greet and about five volunteers” said Cyr. So far GLOW has received about 15 volunteer application forms. According to Cyr, at least two thirds of the people present were there because of interest in GLOW. Ranta agrees that the majority of the

people at the event were not there for the Women’s Centre. “Paul did Organize most of this [meet and greet], so it is only fair [that GLOW had a better turnout],” said Ranta. Though combining the event with The Women’s Centre created a more diverse, friendlier environment, Cyr and GLOW service co-ordinator Matthew Le Blond believe that other factors contributed to the event’s success. “I think it is because of how GLOW has made its name more visible on campus” said Cyr. “ We’ve made GLOW more inclusive to the queer community. We’ve expanded our library by a dozen more trans [sexual/gender] books. We [now] offer a lot more workshops on trans [sexual/gender] and bi issues” Among volunteers from both groups, Feds representatives, President Justin Williams, VP Education Andres Agustin Fuentes-Martinez, and VP Internal Andrew Falcao also made an appearance during the event. “One of the things we are working on is choosing one or two clubs and services events per week [to attend so that we can] better connect with

students.” said Williams. “We want to show students and clubs that we care. It is nice to see students together. This event [because it brings together two groups] is especially important to us, and we hope to see more of this in the future.” According to Ranta and former Women’s Centre Service Co-ordinator Ashley Kelly, though the event was a success, The Women’s Centre is still looking for volunteers to help manage upcoming events. Kelly summarizes many of the upcoming highlights such as: September 18: Take Back the Night Presented by the K-W Sexual Assault Centre, the event is designed to educate students (both men and women) about violence against women. It also offers an opportunity to visibly bring discussion about the topic into the community. September 22 to 26 : Love Your Body Week Absent last year, the weeklong event is back. With its headline “feminist wine and cheese” on September 25, the week is designed

to educate students on maintaining both a healthy body and healthy mind. Kelly also highlighted two other events where volunteers are needed. “For Remembrance Day we’re hoping to have an event that acknowledges and celebrate women’s contribution in the military.” said Kelly. The Women Centre also hopes to hold an event on December 6, in memory of the Montreal Women Massacre. GLOW too has an event filled ter m. Tentatively, after their Thanksgiving weekend social (for students not going home for the holiday) on October 12, they will be holding their annual Queer Pride Week. The event starting on October 18 and running until October 24 is planned to be mirrored by the following guidelines: October 18 — A Warrior Weekend Drag show fundraiser. October 19 — GLOW flag hanging at the SLC atrium and a Queer Positive Chalking where students

write queer positive messages all over campus with chalk. October 20 — The infamous “wear jeans if you’re gay day” and a educational Sexual and Gender Diversity fair in the SLC multipurpose room. October 21 — Guest lecture regarding minorities or disenfranchised segments in the queer community and a Dyketopia movie night. October 22 — A queer dance (location TBA) October 23 — Ally Network training and the highlighted 24 hour dancing Go-Go-A-Thon fundraiser And on October 24 — a bonfire at Columbia Lake. For more information visit GLOW at http://www.glow.uwaterloo.ca, and the Women’s Centre at http://www. women.uwaterloo.ca. dnguyen@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Imprint, Friday, September 12, 2008

A Festival of Snobbery

h, the joys of beer snobbery. Grolsch You’re cooler than the wine snobs, because no one likes Just saying the name of this beer them. You’re also cooler than the is fun — Grolsch — it’s like a mix liquor snobs because from my estima- between Gross and Porsch, which is tion, they are either over the age of 50 awesome. Grolsch has been brewed and leading lonely, alcoholic lives, or in the Netherlands since 1615. are homeless. So let’s take a journey After popping open the swingtop into the depths of Beeropia together, cork (a device that was commonplace not as “snobs” in the truest sense of in most beers until the invention of the word, but as impoverished and the cap sometime around 1900), hungry students that would rather Grolsch goes down smooth, with a spend their OSAP money on an af- bitter and hoppy aftertaste. The flofordable yet quality brew. ral aromas come off dull, and after Usually, I will only be reviewing a few sips, the taste is just way too one beer at a time, but a unique op- underwhelming. portunity presented itself to me. It was Sure, they have a wacky name Toronto’s Festival of Beer this sum- and a retardedly cool swingtop mer, and you’d better believe I tried to crowncork, but don’t be suckered in. snake my way in there. However, Mr. The beer is simply overpriced. You Stephan Murdoch (feel free to send can find yourself a domestic lager him hate mail) wouldn’t respond to that is just as good, if not better, my requests for press passes. for the nearly $13 the Grolschians However, readers, I am no pussy. will make you pay for six bottles. No Stephan Murdoch is going to stop I suggest Creemore Springs: same Mackenzie Keast from attending a price, better taste, and brewed here beer festival. “Yeah Mackenzie, you’re at home. like, the smartest. What is a smart guy like you going to come up with?” Inner Price for 6: $12.75 Voice asked me. “Well, Inner Voice, I will tell you. I will host my own beer Taste: festival.” That’s it. So after a trip to the Value: LCBO, the Mackenzie Celebration of Coolness of Name: Plan Bs (And Beers) officially opened. Sure, some might just call it a drunk’s Overall: evening at home. But dammit, it will CIBC_CampusAd_A have heart. And beer. 8/18/08 3:02 PM Page 1 see BEER, page 21

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Waterloo reaches new velocity Promises of a revolutionary business and entrepreneurial residence Duncan Ramsay Features Editor

A new residence is opening this fall on Waterloo campus, and while it may look familiar from the outside, this new habitat promises to be revolutionary. This new residence taking shape in the old Minota Hagey is called VeloCity, and it found its beginnings through a discussion between the now-program director Sean Van Koughnett and a group of senior industry leaders. During the talk, the question came up as to where the next big idea would come from, the next facebook, the next blackberry. It was an impossible question, but for Van Koughnett, it provided a simple response: Why not here? And it was from this simple idea that VeloCity was born. A community of student entrepreneurs brought together in a single dorm and provided with all the equipment and entrepreneurial support they might need to get their ideas off the ground. Nothing would be graded, and students in the residence would have the chance to pitch their work to investors from across the board. The Minota Hagey residence was fortunately due for a renovation soon anyways, and so it took little more than a phone call on Van Koughnett’s part to UW housing director Chris Reid to set the ball rolling. What soon came together was something of a cross between a mentorship program and a live in R & D facility. Students were attracted through an aggresive on-campus advertising program and put through a competitive application process .Once arrived, they would form into project groups within the residence, and work under entrepreneurial and business leaders assigned to their groups to bring their ideas to fruition. These groups would also benefit from UW’s progressive intellectual property policy under which all the students would own their own work, lock, stock and barrel. The residence itself is currently undergoing a significant transformation. VeloCity signs are much in evidence, and inside the main hall is being almost completely remodeled from the across all three floors. On ground level, a new common room is being built, featuring black slate, 62 inch LCD screens, and an openly programmable lighting sys-

tem. Overhead, the common room is overlooked by a glass-encased wireless lab, care of Rogers, designed to provide a hands-on testing ground for both hardware and software projects. The ubiquitous glass is designed to provide easily accessible whiteboards wherever one might go. This week sees VeloCity open for business take its first steps, as 70 students from four of the six faculties move in to their new rooms, and the program directors unveil their project in an open house this Friday 12 from noon to four p.m. and in an opening gala at 6 p.m., with speakers to follow throughout the week. dramsay@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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beer would be the guy that takes it in the shower, with wine doing all the giving. The name of the beer is distinctly Germanic, as the brewery was founded in Alsace, a province that has switched hands between the Germans and the French several times. It’s a sexy looking lager, fit for a French connoisseur, with a rich amber-blonde hue, bottled in green glass with a fattened tall neck that says “I’m plump, but you want me.” It’s light and hoppy, with hints of citrus and a wonderful nutty aftertaste. Definitely more taste than the Grolsch, and I recommend it.

By this point, I am now slightly inebriated and must reveal some skeletons in my closet. My dad is a rep for Sleeman in BC, so I have a slight bias. Don’t worry though; my journalistic integrity will prevent me from unfairly reviewing this beer. With that being said, this is the best beer I have ever had the pleasure of pouring down my snobbish throat. End of story. But actually, this truly is great ale that has a thick, creamy body with that hits your palette just right and urges you to take another sip.

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The summer music festival season is sadly drawing to a close; here is the season in review Mark Kimmich Arts Editor

he summer months provide most university students with an influx of capital and a desire to participate in truant behaviours of all kinds. The result of these critical factors is the strange — though I believe common — North American phenomenon of the road trip. The road trip, as readers will know, can take various forms. For those central Ontarians out there, a weekend trip to scenic Niagara Falls, a beach day at Sauble Beach, or a camping trip to Algonquin Park are usual destinations of choice. Perhaps the most hallowed of annual pilgrimages, though, is the annual trip to a music festival of choice. From the wild Coachella in California; to the hippie-fest Bonnaroo in Tennessee; to the Canadiana celebrating Hillside in Guelph; all the way to last weekend’s Virgin Music Festival on Toronto’s Centre Island; music festivals in contemporary North America provide ample variety in both destination and line-up. But alas with the air cooling and students returning to the everyday grind of scholarship, festival goers are forced to pack in their lambskin drums and reminisce for one more year about the shared experience that music festivals provide. With that reminiscence at the forefront of our minds, let’s take a nostalgic look back as we remember some highlights of this summer’s festival season. Coachella, after providing the highly anticipated return of Rage Against the Machine to the touring circuit in 2007, followed that coup with headlining the enigmatic and flamboyant Prince. According to RollingStone.com, Prince, upon taking the stage, declared to the audience that “you’re in the coolest place on Earth right now,” and apparently he succeeded. With a lineup also featuring the aging Roger Waters, the laid back superstar Jack Johnson, and a rejuvenated Portishead, Coachella was definitely a prime destination for festival pilgrims with the means and will to cross the continent to praise their musical idols. Continuing on the journey to Waterloo, no discussion on the festival season would be complete without addressing the mammoth-and-growing Bonnaroo which takes place annually in Manchester, Tennessee, a normally sleepy town that swells to accommodate the traffic that rolls through towards the 700 acre farm on which the spectacle takes place. While the lineup, with the likes of Metallica, Pearl Jam, Kanye West, Jack Johnson, and B.B. King, is perhaps the most wide and varied of any festivals, what makes Bonnaroo a truly memorable experience is the late night shows that are virtually curfew-free. While impossible to compare artists at such an event, DJ Tiesto, who prior to the festival promised what would be a life-changing set, delivered one by playing late into the warm and rainy Tennessee morning. For a DJ who has consistently broken the mold throughout his career, Tiesto

Guelph’s Hillside Festival ... creates a unique atmosphere in which fans can see their artistic demi-gods peruse the fare as mere mortals themselves. continued on that bent by making a DJ welcome at what is normally a more hippy crowd. Guelph’s Hillside Festival, a mere 40 minute drive from Waterloo, creates a unique atmosphere in which fans can see their artistic demi-gods peruse the fare as mere mortals themselves. Such an atmosphere is created in part because many of the bands (who hail mostly from Canada) are on the cusp of stardom, and are therefore often unaware of their own status as the burgeoning musical elite. Going to Hillside can feel like entering a time machine and travelling three years into the future, since many of the bands will gain notoriety after their appearance at the festival. This year’s headliner, the now world famous Broken Social Scene, began playing at the festival years ago. While on stage, frequent frontman Kevin Drew praised the festival for its atmosphere remarking that “there is no other festival like it.” That certainly seems

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The Kooks’ frontman, Luke Pritchard, serenades the crowd at Virgin Music Festival, September 5. true since a spoken word stage, for example, is a rare sight at most other festivals. The Virgin Music Festival, which for the last three years has capped the summer music festival series by taking place after Labour Day, once again provided a perfect end to the summer. The Virgin Festival, by being only two days long and ending slightly earlier in the evening compared to most festivals, provides a fitting final hurrah for those burnt out hippies who have busily travelled the continent in search of a transcendent experience. Acting as something of a denouement in the story of summer, the bands who have performed at virtually every summer shin-dig (MGMT comes to mind) are every bit as tired as the crowd from a long summer of music, which is by no means a bad thing. The fact that everyone at the festival, musicians and fans alike, are burnt-out creates the sort of atmosphere where it is more acceptable to simply “be there for the music,” as it were. This year’s lineup included some artists who did not frequent the scene this summer like Foo Fighters, Oasis, Bloc Party, Moby, and one of Canada’s newest it-groups, Wintersleep.

The annual festival series provides many brain-withering, transcendent, life-changing moments, and many pee breaks on the long road to those moments of exuberance, but most important of all, the festival series provides something for you as a student to say when you inevitably take part in the first day introductions in a 40 person English class, which makes taking part in such a normally excruciating endeavour far less, well, excruciating. Keep in mind that if you have never participated in this modern day pilgrimage, it is never too late to start, so for more information on any of the festivals mentioned, websites are all maintained year-round and are easily Googleable. Check these websites frequently for updates on 2009 lineups, schedules, and further pragmatic information. For information on upcoming concerts for the fall season in the City of Waterloo and the surrounding region, refer to Page 23. arts@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Concert Watch: Waterloo and Beyond An Imprint guide to the fall termâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most anticipated local and regional concerts Marco Baldasaro assistant arts editor

mong the intangible advantages of post-secondary education in and around the metropolis of Waterloo is admittance to a burgeoning local music scene accompanied by easy access to concert venues nearby (Starlight, the Jane Bond, and the Boat House etc.), and in relatively close proximity, the larger urban centres of Hamilton and Toronto. This fall in particular is shaping up to be a season of note both locally and regionally with The Trews, Feist, Apostle of Hustle, Sigur Ros, and Madonna (to name a few) making their way through southern Ontario. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the horizon. Saturday, September 20 APOSTLE OF HUSTLE with special guest Sebastien Grainger Starlight, Waterloo 19+ One of Andrew Whitemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (of ,among other things, Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Broken Social Scene) splinter projects, Apostle of Hustle brings its Latininfused, indie-rock to Waterlooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere concert venue, the Starlight Club. Apostle of Hustle will be joined by Sebastien Grainger of Death From Above 1979 playing songs from his upcoming solo album Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains. Monday, September 22 SIGUR ROS Massey Hall, Toronto All ages Saturday, September 27 THE TREWS Columbia Ice Field, Waterloo All Ages To celebrate Homecoming 2008, Nova Scotiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Trews will be playing a free concert at Waterlooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new football stadium at Columbia Ice Field following the Waterloo vs. Laurier football game on Saturday, September 27. The concert starts at 4:30 p.m. with DJ Flash spinning tunes afterwards at the Bomber. Tuesday, September 30 THE DEARS with special guest Gentleman Reg Starlight, Waterloo All ages/licensed

Thursday, October 9 THE SADIES Starlight, Waterloo All ages/licensed Thursday, September 11 SAIGON HOOKERS with guests The Inner City Surfers, Chris Koster and The Lonely Starlight, Waterloo All ages/licensed Friday, December 26 DANNY MICHEL Jane Bond, Waterloo 19+ Kitchenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own two-time Juno nominee, singer-songwriter Danny Michel will be bringing songs from his 8th and latest independent album Feather, Fur and Fin (which was #2 on the CBC Radio 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Top 10 Albums of the Week of August 8, 2008) to Waterlooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Jane Bond. Wednesday, September 24 MOGWAI The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto All ages Thursday, September 25 CAKE With Paper Lions Sound Academy, Toronto Tuesday, September 30 WEEZER With Angels and Airwaves Air Canada Centre, Toronto

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Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19 MADONNA Air Canada Centre, Toronto All ages Madonna brings her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sticky and Sweetâ&#x20AC;? tour to Toronto in October to promote her 11th Studio album Hard Candy with two dates at the Air Canada Centre. Saturday, November 1 FEIST Massey Hall, Toronto Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Five-time Juno winner Leslie Feist brings her certified gold (1 million copies sold worldwide) album The Reminder to Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous century-old Massey Hall.

BLUE CASTLE GAMES will be at UW on September 16th We will be hosting an Information Session at the Davis Centre-Corporate Lounge (room 1301) from 6 to 8 p.m., followed by a Pub Night at the Bombshelter from 9 to midnight. This is a rare opportunity to speak with one of our Senior Software Engineers about what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to work in Vancouver BCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting video games industry! LOTS OF COOL PRIZES, including a skydiving package from Skydive Toronto! RSVP at www.cecs.uwaterloo.ca/ students/sessions FOR MORE INFO www.bluecastlegames.com or rachel@bluecastlegames.com

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Art within animation

n the real world, there aren’t many who would consider cartoons to play a major role in the fine arts. To take a concept from Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, cartoonists are at times considered to be vaudevillians instead of artists and nothing more. While the Golden Ages of animation and comics hold an atmosphere separate from the works of Van Gogh and Degas (yet arguably not of Lichtenstein), the artwork within comics and animation has vastly improved over the years. With Render’s fall exhibit, “Seth: Dominion City,” the university is emphasizing the concept of cartoons as art. It’s welcoming the narrative and setting of Seth’s work, and transforming it into something more physical, recreating the

city into sculptures and models. I’m very excited to see it happen, mostly because I’ve been asked to speak about the films that will be showing before each screening, while also having been involved in the choice of films. Of course, there is a slew of films out there in the screening list where art is evident in the design. One of my favourite animation artists would have to be Satoshi Kon. Hailing from Japan, his artwork explores a very modern look into surrealism. My favourite film from Kon would have to be Millenium Actress, a film about two documentary filmmakers interviewing a much older film actress that has not been seen in the public eye for decades. As you watch the film, Kon uncannily fuses the actress’ past with her film-

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ography; the real world fuses with the fantasy world, while at the same time being easy to follow along with the plot. Taking inspirations from Golden Age movie posters in Japan, Kon supplies a meld of poster art, slideshows, and cel animation. I have a lot of respect for Disney/Pixar films, and just recently I’ve noticed why my respect has risen. Taking a look at films like Brad Bird’s The Incredibles and Andrew Stanton’s WALL-E (which I saw for the fifth time in theatres last Sunday), I’ve noticed a great amount of nostalgia in their films’ contexts. The comedy and drama usually plays out in each film for every age, never feeling like the animation is for a specific demographic. Pixar doesn’t overtly make fun of pop culture for the current generation, they don’t play for a hardcore underground crowd, nor do they attempt to communicate with the typical audience of Dora The Explorer. Pixar for the most part is age-neutral. Andrew Adamson, the director of Shrek, once said, “Walt Disney had a saying that he doesn’t make movies for children, but he makes movies for the child in all of us. As a filmmaker I guess that’s all you can really do, is make a movie for your own sensibilities.” I want to take a look at WALL-E

for an example. Every minute I watched the theatre showing, from the clever short Presto to the brilliantly animated credits, I felt an extreme moment where I was a kid again: the music was atmospheric (and many of the songs used were from other film soundtracks such as Star Wars and Hello Dolly !), the action of the characters was more important than their dialogue, and the comedy and drama stayed genuine while at the same time using common motifs (like the “stunned bachelor after being kissed” bit). Being able to remember

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This Book Isn’t Fat It’s Fabulous Nina Beck PointPress

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your past and reinvent it is what Pixar does best, and in my mind that is what makes artwork evolve. I will admit: cartoons are progressing into something extremely beautiful. I don’t even need to explain such after the million times I’ve mentioned Craig Thompson’s graphic novel Blankets. Such depth can be found in a world of moving pictures. All you need to do is look.

ina Beck has written a great book. Our heroine is Riley Swain who comes from money, has a best enemy rather than a best friend, and a guy who is her best friend but whom she has loved for a long time. Riley is content to play the New York socialite and her manners and behaviour would be fit for the tabloids if she were a Spears or a Lohan. But since she goes to an expensive high school and hangs out with well-to-do friends, she is the centre of attention. But all of that is about to change. It’s her senior year and she has co-ordinated and planned the senior trip to Mexico for the second week of spring break. But now her father and soon-to-be step-mom have registered her to go to a Fat Camp at the New Horizons School for Young Ladies. While there, things in her life

turn topsy-turvy; she starts falling for a boy who isn’t her type and she needs to plan an escape so she can go on the trip and fool her parents. She starts examining her motives and behaviours in a real and profound way. Yet how can it all work out? She lied to her best friend the day before leaving New York and she kissed him for the first time but it was not what she expected. She has booked a fake spa week to fool her friends about where she is. She now has a new man in her life, but is not sure what she feels about the old one, and her whole world is crashing down around her. Riley Swain says that she is fabulous and does not care what anybody else says. However, she is now having feelings and is caring for people in ways she never knew she could. Can she untangle her feelings and save her social life that seems destined to crash and burn on Saturday? Read and find out. This book really is fabulous. I enjoyed it a lot, and lent it to a friend — she was laughing out loud on the first page. This book is not about a fat girl becoming skinny, it is about an unhealthy girl becoming healthy, and that starts on the inside with emotions. This is one of the best books for young people I have read since Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, and like that book, this has a lot to offer to the younger generation, and maybe even something for us older folks. — Steven R. McEvoy

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high time high art got its due

e have a quest. Not in a Link questing to help Zelda sort of way, for all you nerds out there; more of a trying to figure out why Link has to help Zelda in the first place sort of quest. This will be a philosophical quest and Art will be our subject of inquiry. In comprehensive terms, we are less interested in the process of art or its creation, but rather its implications and consequences. Fundamentally, we are attempting to answer the age old question that plagues those concerned with scholarship in the humanities to this day, namely “what is art?” Clearly, there are no easy answers. As was stated, we are not the first to consider such a question; battle-lines have been drawn and defenses have been manned. From those proponents of inherent beauty, culturally assigned beauty, or biological beauty, we hope to garner some semblance of guidance, but the fact of the matter is, we alone have the power to experience any particular piece of art, or to engage in discourse concerning art or any particular related subject. The purpose of this column will be to experience art and discuss it. Some conclusions will be based on education and some will be based on ignorance, but this is where we hope that you, the readers, will weigh in. No media will be ignored. From the visual, to the sonic, to the textile, all the way to the culinary arts, any avenue of potential artistic endeavour is a potential subject for this column. For now, we will do what any self-respecting university student does, and hit Wikipedia first. “Art refers to a diverse range of human activities, creations, and expressions that are appealing to the senses or emotions of a human individual.” Unfortunately for Wikipedia, we are not convinced, for there are many activities that humans engage in that appeal to senses or emotions of the human individual. While my ex-girlfriend may be very good at breaking hearts, she’s no artist. With that in mind, this article will focus on the process of discovering what we see as art and the consequences of those pieces, with no applicable rules. Gentlemen, start your engines. Art and its evaluation is a touchy subject. Often, even the most seemingly relativistic of patrons may still hold fast to individual biases. Stringent objectivists meanwhile can not often be counted on to stray beyond their comfort zone; typically they will stick to their own canon. And very few have any desire to be preached to. Especially by a couple of nobodies. In a student newspaper. So who is the evaluation of art to be left up to? If the masses themselves are unable to appreciate a given piece of art, of what value can it possibly be? Conversely, is there not value in art of arts sake? Where the only valid contributors, and indeed the only valid critics, are those with the intellectual prowess to reach the pinnacle of artistic understanding? These are the questions that will inform this column. These are serious questions that deserve due diligence, but the court of Art Attack may very well deliver verdicts with wanton disregard. The truth of the matter is, that we are setting out on this journey of discovery with you, our readers. We do not know, and in fact, do not wish to know where this journey will take us, but we embark on it

with a moral purpose. We do not wish to attack art in a masturbatory, self-serving way, rather we wish to attack art with the hopes of yes, getting a laugh on occasion, but also with the hopes of making an earnest evaluation of artistic culture, the impact of the arts on wider culture and vice versa. While we realize that

this is not only incredibly lofty, but also incredibly broad (and obviously futile), we embark on this journey innocently, and with no expectations. All hazings, verbal assaults, emotional abuses, and irrational tirades, will cause harm (mostly) unintentionally. Make no mistake: words will

not be minced in any forthcoming appraisal or evaluation. Unlike our progenitor Neil Buchanan’s misleading children’s show, Art Attack will begin and end on the offensive.

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What surprised you about UW on your arrival to campus this fall term?

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1. Genus of flowering plants native to the tropics

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2. Window projecting from a wall

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47. Small medicated lozenge

3. Photograph of a popular person affixed to a wall

36. Illegal or exorbitant demand (pl.)

48. Poem meant to be sung

4. Tract of wasteland

49. Marked by strain or suspense

5. Letter “l” in NATO Phonetic Alphabet

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6. Representation of an object of worship

44. Of the river forming Germany’s southwestern boundary

57. Group of atoms bonded in a sequence in a molecule

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60. Proprieter of a lodging establishment

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informatics Math faculty coaches this year at International Olympiad in Informatics in Cairo tion. University Prof. Ian Munro from the computer science department and Graeme Kemkes, a Ph.D student in combinatorics and optimization also attended the competition coaches. Egypt was selected this year as a host country to showcase the country’s capabilities and to encourage students to strive for excellence in information technology and computer science areas. On the other hand, competitors visiting Egypt had the rich experience of submerging into a different culture for the week while being connected to the other global participants through their interest in computing. Vasiga commented on this portion of the IOI experience as being very positive and “energizing,” because the competition provides an environment to see “similar people doing similar work in a lot of countries around the world.” IOI participants receive a wholesome learning experience “in terms of technical material, cultural and social experiences,” said Vasiga. Perhaps this is why UW’s involvement with the competition is so longstanding — the university recognizes that IOI helps foster a sense of academic globalization by connecting skilled computer science students worldwide. IOI is a two-way street; although it certainly benefits the participants through cultural exposure and recognition of their achievements, UW gets the advantage of expanding its reputation as a global melting pot of students. “I think it gives UW an international presence,” said Vasiga, “which can only help UW as we try to get the top students from around the world to consider coming here.”

Anya Lomako science editor

hile you were asleep this summer, others were computing. The annual International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) happened in Cairo, Egypt from August 16 to 23. Although the event is aimed at secondary school students worldwide, UW has been involved in this competition since 1996 — when Canada was first added to the long list of global participants. This competition is for students under 20 years old, and much like the athletic Olympics, its location changes every year, selected from a list of member states in the International Informatics Committee. This year the Canadian IOI Team for 2008 consisted of four participants: Tom Sizmanski, Aaron Voelker, Robin Chen, and Hanson Wang. While Voelker and Chen earned bronze medals, Wang earned a gold medal, making it an excellent year for Canada at the IOI. In 2010, IOI has chosen Waterloo, Ontario as the location of the competition. This is significant as it is indicative of the university’s excellent computing reputation worldwide, a status that can only be maintained with the dedication of professors and a steady inflow of brilliant students; the IOI should take care of the latter, particularly since UW has been attracting a lot of student interest at the IOI, according to Troy Vasiga, a computer science lecturer from UW. He says UW’s involvement with the competition is sure to “foster some worthwhile partnerships, in terms of research, outreach, and educational initiatives.” Vasiga attended IOI this year as a Future Host Representative for the 2010 competi-

In 2010, IOI has chosen Waterloo, Ontario as the location of the competition. This is significant as it is indicative of the University’s excellent computing reputation worldwide,

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Physical exams for females usually include a pelvic examination, which helps determine the presence of STIs ... For males, the physical exam will be mostly visual and manual, possibly including a swab from the opening of the penis. campaigns like these, they are fruitless until the public chooses to participate. As such, getting tested is a proactive way to look after your health and your community’s health. It is important to know that your annual check-up exam with your physician does not include STI testing, which must be booked separately. There are four kinds of STI testing: blood, cell, urine, and physical.

because the presence of semen can interfere with the test results. The health professional will ask you to remove your clothes from the waist down and put on a disposable bag, at which point you will be asked to lie down on the examination table while placing your legs in stir-ups, which makes it easier to examine your reproductive organs. You may ask to have a female assistant or a friend present

with you throughout the exam. During the exam, the vulva, vaginal opening, and cervix will be examined for signs of irritation or infection. The doctor will examine the walls of the vagina and the cervix using a metal or plastic speculum, which will be inserted into the vagina, possibly taking a cell sample known as a Pap smear. Using a gloved hand, the health professional may also perform a bimanual exam, which involves placing fingers inside the vagina and pressing down on the abdomen to determine the location and size of the internal reproductive organs. The entire pelvic exam should take about 10 minutes. For males, the physical exam will be mostly visual and manual, possibly including a swab from the opening of the penis. The health professional will first examine the penis for ulcers, unusual penile discharge or other abnormalities. The testicles will be examined for symmetry, retraction, and particularly tumours, using a light test. Your epididymis, spermatic chord, scrotum and vas deferens will be physically examined by the health professional as part of the examination. See STI CHECK, page 30

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Your exam will also likely include a rectal which is crucial in recognizing the health of the prostate gland and checking for tumours or ulcers. The health professional will ask you to bear down, at which point a gloved, lubricated finger will be inserted into your rectum for examination, which should only take five minutes. You may request the presence of a health assistant or your friend in the room for your comfort. For the blood test, a drop of blood from the finger may suffice, or you may be asked to have a small amount of blood taken from a vein via a needle. Although most people find this process very unsettling, the

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Coffee’s worst nightmare

There is no doubt that coffee is the world’s most consumed beverage, but it is also the world’s second-most traded commodity, after oil. For

actual withdrawal only takes a few minutes, and techniques such as taking constant, deep breaths and looking away help make the process a lot more bearable. Furthermore, for some tests, a blood sample is a much more dependable indicator than urine, so the inconvenience of having your blood taken is offset by a more dependable test result. Urine tests may be required for some STI testing, and are simple and easy. Usually these tests require the patient to refrain from urinating for an hour prior to donating the urine to the health professional into a designated bottle or bag in the privacy of a bathroom. Lastly, cell tests are possibly the most complicated because they involve testing for serious health

concerns, such as HPV or syphilis. For HPV, a Pap smear will be done to gather a cell sample from the cervix to conclude possible or types of strains present in the body. For syphilis, if it is in the third and final phase of the disease, you may be required to provide a spinal fluid sample to determine the severity of the sickness. Avoiding seeing your doctor concerning your sexual health isn’t a wise move, since for some STIs, like syphilis, ignoring the symptoms allows the infection to progress to later stages that can cause internal organ damage and even death. Unfortunately, testing does not give you complete assurance that you are free of infection. Herpes, for instance, is difficult to diagnose without

visual proof of infection, which is only obvious during an outbreak of blisters or ulcers. HIV testing can be misleading for a similar reason, because individuals begin to develop the tell-tale HIV antibodies anywhere between 25 days to six months after exposure. Therefore, even if an HIV test reads negative, it is necessary to undergo a secondary test in six months’ time. For further information, support, testing or access to clean needles, contact AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area at 519-570-3687, or directly at their office at 105-67 King Street, Kitchener. If you wish to schedule an STI test, 99 Regina Street South is the

location of Waterloo Public Health and Social Services building which holds anonymous services dealing with STIs and HIV. There is also access made available to methods of contraception and confidential counselling concerning pregnancy and sexuality in general. This location is conveniently placed on a GRT bus route, with the iXpress or any number 7 bus stop leaving you only a block away from the building. To schedule an appointment for free, anonymous, and confidential STI testing in advance, call 519-8832267. This service also includes counselling, medication, and professional referral.

decades now, coffee bean farmers have battled with the pest Hypothenemus hampei, infamously known as the “coffee berry borer.” All efforts aimed at eradicating this pest, ranging from traps and insecticides to even the use of other insects have proved to have limited success. A typical infestation can destroy

up to 70 per cent of a crop, with millions of dollars in losses to an industry worth U.S. $70 billion dollars. The problem begins when female borers drill into coffee berries where they can lay up to 50 eggs per berry. Once hatched, the young borers ensure full destruction of the beans. Recent observations, however, point to a rather simple solution: the use of birds. “By eating the pests that damage coffee crops, birds can provide a valuable service to coffee farmers,” said ecologist Matthew Johnson of Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. A study funded by National Geographic found up to 50 per cent less coffee berry damage in the tested area. Successful implication of the birds would surely boost coffee’s total yields and income, keeping coffee lovers satisfied.

comeback. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children against measles because many earlier studies linked the vaccine with autism and even gastrointestinal diseases. Measles is a neurological disorder with many symptoms, including rash, high fever, and red eyes. Vaccinations against the measles-causing virus are typically given to children when they are around 15 months of age. The CDC estimates that 91 per cent of current measles patients either did not receive the vaccination or have no evidence of ever getting it. However, new research by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health concludes that measles and autism are not linked. “We are confident that there is no link between [the measles vaccine] and autism,” said W. Ian Lipkin. Details of this extensive study are published in the journal PLoS ONE.

molecules that dock with enzymefilled lysosomes, allowing for protein breakdown. However, it is known that damaged proteins do build up in cells as we age due to the progressive breaking down of the recycling system itself, but no study until now has linked this build-up with a decline in an organ’s function. Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York have genetically engineered livers of aged mice in such a way that they carry an extra copy of a gene that codes for a protein necessary in the chaperone-lysosome docking process. Findings showed that the livers of the genetically-engineered, aged mice were comparable to those of young, unaltered mice, but much better than their old counterparts that lack the extra gene. Some scientists have their doubts, however. “We have been unable to demonstrate such age-related changes in the same enzymes in non-human primates,” said Douglas Schmucker of the University of California.

Measles vaccine is NOT linked with autism

It was once thought to have been eradicated, but measles is making a

Biological recycling

The most recent research dealing with the biology of aging has improved on an already existing system: protein recycling. Typically, a cell recycles its damaged proteins by linking them with “chaperone”

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— With files from National Geographic News, Newscientist.com, and Scientific American welsweisi@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Taylor Helferty staff reporter

Google enters browser wars

For many of you — especially the hardcore Google followers like myself — this is old news. The rest of you using Firefox, Safari, and especially you IE users, check out the new web browser by Google: Chrome. It’s fast, slick, and provides many new and impressive features. Though alternative browsers such as Opera and Firefox have traditionally been the leaders in speed and efficiency, now they’re being put to the test. Chrome is engineered to be faster and at handling web apps, especially ones that use Javascript. Additionally, one of Chrome’s key features is that each tab takes a process of its own, so if something in a website causes the browser to crash, only that tab will close and your other websites and work online will remain untouched. This is very handy if you’re doing important work and a video on YouTube crashes; your work on another site will be fine. The new and improved incognito tabs allow you to browse websites in a separate tab without saving cookies or any history, so your girlfriend won’t be able to see that surprise trip you’re planning. It’s also a very slick, simple, and clean-looking program. It is currently only in beta and only available for Windows (with source code available). Linux and Mac versions are on the way. Apple announces next big set of updates

Apple, the innovative company that it is, has decided to “rock out” and announce a ton of new updates to its products. These updates include HDTV shows, iTunes 8, yet another iPod Nano, a new iPod Touch, and finally a new iPhone OS. For both Apple TV and just on the computer, HD episodes of shows will now be available for $2.99 (not just the regular $1.99). However, the update most of us will be excited over is the next iTunes 8. Even I – an avid Mediamonkey user – may be tempted to finally switch to iTunes with this. iTunes 8 comes with Genius, a smart-playlist editor which will act like Pandora in the sense that it identifies your musical taste and finds new music for you. It can also generate playlists of songs that go together. iTunes 8 is already available on the website and through Apple Update. For the iPod Nano and Touch, they are becoming thinner, slicker, and the Nano is

tall again. Anyone smell a never-ending tall-short marketing cycle? They both also include the Genius playlist generator and longer battery life. The iPhone update to version 2.1 will fix many bugs with dropped calls and backup, as well as improve battery life.

is again available. The interesting thing is that the cells survived the normally cell-destroying effects of space. A few cells were damaged, but they later repaired themselves. thelferty@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

HP claims laptop with 24-hour battery life

The battery life of any laptop depends on the hardware and software being used. An Intel 80GB SSD, HP IllumiLite LED screen, Windows XP, latest graphics drivers from Intel, and a special HP BIOS are apparently going to extend HP’s newest ultra-capacity laptop’s battery life to 24 hours. This is all available in the HP Elitebook 6930p. The big battery life increase is said to be from the Illumi-Lite LED screen which can give up to four hours of extra battery life, as well as the SSD which is seven per cent more efficient. However, this was likely tested in very precise, atypical conditions. A movie or video game will use up much more battery power than Microsoft Word or a blank screen saver. This is not recommended spending for a university student, since you usually have time to recharge a laptop between classes, but for those getting into a business where all day cordless computing could be incredibly helpful, be wary with this claim, and let us know! Earth creature survives naked in space

The first ever living creature to survive being fully exposed to the vacuum of space is the tardigrade — more commonly known as the “water bear.” The creature is just less than 1.5 millimeters long and lives on wet mosses and lichens. Its most impressive feature is that they are able to suspend their vitals and enter a dormant state when water is not available. They can also resist heat, cold, and most importantly radiation (which there is plenty of in open space). In September 2007, the creatures were launched into space aboard the FOTON-M3 spacecraft and later exposed to open space conditions. Upon arrival back on Earth, most had survived the vacuum, cosmic rays, and even the intense UV radiation from the sun (1000 times higher than on Earth). They were even able to reproduce afterward. When there is no water in its environment, the tardigrade will cease all metabolic activity and enter a dormant state until water

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n front of a crowd of over 4,000 fans, the Warriors football team won their first game on the new Warrior field with a final score of 30-17 against the McMaster Marauders. The game was the highlight of Black and Gold Day, the final day of UW’s Orientation Week. After a scoreless first quarter, UW’s Tyler Smith made the first ever touchdown on the new field after grabbing the ball at the 4yard line and running it in. The touchdown came midway through the game’s second quarter and made the traditional half-time dance, performed by the Orientation Week leaders, that much sweeter. Smith’s history-making touchdown was just one of the great moments in the game. Warriors quarterback Evan Martin threw for 285 yards and two touchdowns, and ran in a third. Running back Tanner Forsyth increased the Warriors’ lead in the third quarter by running 24 yards on a pass from Martin. The final points of the game scored by Martin making an epic 90-yard touchdown in the last minutes of the game. Until Saturday, football at UW was played at Seagram (University) Stadium in Waterloo, about a 15 minute walk from campus. The new field has a capacity of 5,100, with grandstand and grass sideline seating. araw@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Warrior Tyler Smith makes the first ever touchdown at UW’s victorious debut on their new field in Black and Gold Day’s game against the McMaster Marauders.

Recap Football at Toronto (Monday, Sept. 1) - Toronto 18, Waterloo 17 Baseball at Western (Thursday, Sept. 4) - Western 12, Waterloo 1 Men’s Rugby at Guelph (Friday, Sept. 5) - Guelph 15, Waterloo 10 Baseball vs. Laurier (Saturday, Sept. 6) - Laurier 6, Waterloo 2 Waterloo 5, Laurier 4 Men’s Soccer at Laurier (Saturday, Sept 6) - Waterloo 0, Laurier 0 Women’s Soccer at Laurier (Saturday, Sept 6) - Laurier 1, Waterloo 0 Men’s Soccer at York (Sunday, Sept. 7) - York 3, Waterloo 0 Women’s Soccer at York (Sunday, Sept. 7) - York 5, Waterloo 0 Baseball vs. McMaster (Monday, Sept. 8) - McMaster 10, Waterloo 7

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